Scientists Discover Children’s Cells Living In Their Mothers’ Brains
Posted By Diane Pham On February 7, 2013 @ 4:30 pm In Inhabitots | No Comments
Separated at birth? That’s what we believe happens when a mother finally delivers her child. But a new study shows that the mother-baby connection [4] may not end so soon. The study findings, published in PLOS ONE [5], reveal that male cells have been found in the brains of women, sometimes decades after a woman had given birth. So, are there any implications?
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